[SunkenCiv]

The Battle Axe Culture on Bornholm

Bornholm was influenced by the cultural development that took place in southern Sweden; a development that in many ways can be compared to the changes occurring in Jutland and the east of Denmark around 2800 BC. The Single Grave Culture’s neighbour to the east was called the Battle Axe Culture or the Boat Axe Culture, named after its boat-shaped battle axes made of stone. Substantial areas of land were also cultivated on Bornholm. Stone cists were used for burials.

The so-called boat-shaped battle axes are typical of the Battle Axe Culture of Bornholm. Pottery vessels and axes, chisels and arrows made of flint are also common as grave gifts on the island of Bornholm.

[National Museum of Denmark]

[TigersEye]

Modern Battle Axe culture ...

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[txnativegop]

SunkenCiv, you’ve done it again. Quite interesting. Thanks for the post.

[miliantnutcase]

Interesting how three separate population groups didn’t inter-mix much. Perhaps they had opposing cultures also? My haplogroup r1a1 came out of Eastern Europe through the Baltics to settle southern Sweden and Norway. I know they were more recent and brought the Germanic culture with them.

[Salamander]

They had a family dog.

I like these people.

[Openurmind]

I was hoping you would post this. I read it yesterday and realized something. Wouldn’t this make Thor Heyerdahl correct about his origin theory?

Something interesting about the lithics in that image, the two lighter shaped “axes” in the center are arch shaped and asymmetrical, the shadow shows this. I think they are actually spokeshaves for working wood just parked upside down. If they were arched the other way I would say wood gouges for hollowing out. Is so that would be cool technology for the time.